Used in cleansers, detergents, adhesives, and photographic solutions; Also used as a fire retardant in sodium chlorate, a defoliant; a textile finishing agent, and a sequestrant; Tetrahydrate: Used as an insecticide, fungicide, nematocide, and herbicide (non-crop land, cotton production, and under asphalt); Workers in mining and processing are exposed; [HSDB]

Comments

A skin irritant; Toxic by ingestion; Oral LD50 (rat) = 2330 mg/kg; [HSDB] Also found commercially as octa- and tetrahydrate; [Hawley] No published studies on reproductive effects; See boric acid; [REPROTOX] A strong oxidizing agent; An irritant; [MSDSonline] See "Boric acid."

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Used in cleansers, detergents, adhesives, and photographic solutions; Also used as a fire retardant in sodium chlorate, a defoliant; a textile finishing agent, and a sequestrant; Tetrahydrate: Used as an insecticide, fungicide, nematocide, and herbicide (non-crop land, cotton production, and under asphalt); Workers in mining and processing are exposed; [HSDB]

Comments

A skin irritant; Toxic by ingestion; Oral LD50 (rat) = 2330 mg/kg; [HSDB] Also found commercially as octa- and tetrahydrate; [Hawley] No published studies on reproductive effects; See boric acid; [REPROTOX] A strong oxidizing agent; An irritant; [MSDSonline] See "Boric acid."